Author Archives: reelentropy

‘Multiverse’ runs wild and mad as my love-hate for MCU deepens

Posted on May 8, 2022 by reelentropy

8/10 The history of the MCU and the Disney empire generally is a history of the struggle between directors and what has effectively become a second studio system. Massive names like Jon Favreau, Edgar Wright, Gareth Edwards, Phil Lord and … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged "creative differences", 20th Century Fox, Auteur Theory, Benedict Cumberbatch, Danny Elfman, Disney, Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Elizabeth Olsen, Evil Dead II, horror, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sam Raimi, Scott Derrickson, Sony, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Leave a comment

‘Northman’ a sloppy, gory mess of perfect filmmaking shot for the halls of Valhalla

Posted on May 2, 2022 by reelentropy

10/10 The Northman is the wildest action movie since Mad Max: Fury Road. Film is art supposed to evoke an emotion, and the emotion The Northman evokes is incoherent screaming. Within the first half hour, I wanted to smash my … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Alexander Skarsgård, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Hamlet, Robert Eggers, The Lighthouse, The Northman, The Witch | Leave a comment

The thing about bigots is they never stop telling on themselves

Posted on April 18, 2022 by reelentropy

Imagine there’s a woman – white, liberal, wealthy, you know the type. She doesn’t pay much attention to politics, but she knows Hitler was bad – she even seems to understand some of the reasons why – and she despises … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Colin Farrell, Eddie Redmayne, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Harry Potter, JK Rowling, Johnny Depp, Lilly and Lana Wachowski, Mads Mikkelsen, Warner Bros | Leave a comment

‘Sex is real:’ J.K. Rowling’s descent into hatred and the studio left in the lurch

Posted on April 18, 2022 by reelentropy

All is not well. Over the past several years, J.K. Rowling, author of the widely beloved “Harry Potter” franchise that invented a literary genre and defined the childhood of a generation, has decided to spend her time, artistic ability and … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged Dave Chappelle, Death of the Author, Donald Trump, Eddie Redmayne, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Harry Potter, Jared Leto, JK Rowling, Warner Bros. | Leave a comment

The long, strange walk down the hall from ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ to Michael Bay’s ‘Ambulance’

Posted on April 14, 2022 by reelentropy

On Feb. 14, 2020, Paramount Pictures dumped Sonic the Hedgehog into theaters, a movie-product it handled for Sega, the video game company that developed Sonic in the early ‘90s. After an elongated marketing campaign highlighted by the character’s horrifying initial … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged Ambulance, COVID-19 crisis, Michael Bay, Paramount Pictures, Sega, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Transformers, Universal Pictures | Leave a comment